(11-04-2023, 10:17 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-04-2023, 10:13 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Like most of the back end of this draft Miller was brought in to replace the expensive depth on the chart. He was here to replace Shaq Quarterman, not to be a starter. This pick and the others after Bigsby (Lacy, Hallett, Tugboat, etc.) were about getting the Quartermans, Daniel Thomas, and Chris Claybrooks off the roster; ie expensive vets who play backup roles but won't ever be starters unless injury demands it.

I get it - bunt none of those guys were expensive vets. All on 3rd or 4th year of tiny rookie deals. 

Personally I think they were smug with the pick because they still thought they were gonna get back into the 4th or 5th with a package of late rounders and that never happened. 

It's not a major fail, but it's a fail.

I saw this draft as setting up the bottom 3rd to be a cheap as possible for the big deals they have to make next year. Pile on Baalke's less than stellar repuation for draft selection and you end up with picks like Miller. But he's here now and I want him to do well, it's just unlikely because he's a gata defender and those guys just don't make very good pros. And if you can save 5 million on a couple guys who can be replaced by even cheaper rookie deals then you do it.

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